supplicated for him all night: "O Allah! I am pleased with ꜤUthmān, so be pleased with him as well." اللہ اکبر! What more could one desire than the pleasure of Allah’s Messenger صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!

Try to attain the pleasure of Mustafa صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم!

O devotees of the Prophet! We should also strive to please the beloved of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. Perform good deeds, avoid sins, recite ṣalāt upon the Merciful Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, engage in Zikrullah, recite the Holy Quran frequently, share the sorrow of the distressed Ummah of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, show sympathy to the devotees of the Messenger, be helpful to others. If we do this, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه the beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  will be pleased with us. If the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم  is pleased with us, اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه Allah Almighty will also be pleased.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Fifth Distinction: BayꜤah al-Riḍwān

Dear Islamic brothers! Among the distinctions of Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ, the fifth most important distinction is that the Messenger of Allah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, declared his own hand to be the hand of Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ  at the occasion of BayꜤah al-Riḍwān (Pledge of Allegiance under the Tree).

It was the sixth year of Hijrah, the occasion of the Treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah. The beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم sent Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ  as an envoy to Makkah Mukarramah.

At that time, Makkah Mukarramah was not yet conquered; non-Muslims were in control of Makkah Mukarramah. Consequently, the people of Makkah detained Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ. Meanwhile, a false rumour spread that the non-Muslims had martyred Sayyidunā ꜤUthmān رَضِىَ اللّٰهُ عَـنْهُ.

Although the Greatest Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم knew that this news was false, he صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم still took a pledge from the Companions رَضِیَ اللهُ عَنْهُم  that if ꜤUthmān had indeed been martyred, they would surely take revenge for him.